Tunçbilek power station

Tunçbilek power station
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Country
  • Turkey
Coordinates39°37′41″N 29°27′45″E / 39.6281°N 29.4626°E / 39.6281; 29.4626
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 1956
Thermal power station
Primary fuel
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 365 MW
Annual net output
  • 0 GWh (2021)
  • 2 GWh (2020)
  • 534 GWh (2022)
  • 760 GWh (2019)
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Tunçbilek power station (also known as Çelikler Tunçbilek power station) is a 365 MW coal-fired power station in Turkey in Kütahya built in the 1970s, which burns lignite from Tunçbilek coal mine.[1] The plant is owned by Çelikler Holding and in 2018 received 41 million lira capacity payments.[2] The area is a sulfur dioxide air pollution hotspot.[3] According to İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği (Climate Change Policy and Research Association) in 2021 the plant operated without a licence for 11 days without penalty.[4]: 79 

In 2022 it was operating on a temporary licence.[5]: 30 

It is estimated that closing the plant by 2030, instead of when its licence ends in 2064, would prevent over 6000 premature deaths.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Çelikler Tunçbilek Termik Santrali". Çelikler Holding (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  2. ^ "Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı". Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Global SO2 emission hotspot database" (PDF). Greenpeace. August 2019.
  4. ^ Çaltı, Nuray; Bozoğlu, Dr. Baran; Aldırmaz, Ahmet Turan; Atalar, Gülşah Deniz (2 June 2021). Özelleştirilmiş Termik Santraller ve Çevre Mevzuatına Uyum Süreçleri [Privatized Thermal Power Plants and Environmental Legislation Compliance Processes] (Report) (in Turkish). İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği.
  5. ^ "Çevre Mevzuatina Uyumsüreci Balaminda bir Decerlendirme" (PDF).
  6. ^ Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey (Report). Health and Environment Alliance. 2022.
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